Point″al (?), n. [From Point: cf. F. pointal an upright wooden prop, OF. pointille a prick or prickle.]
1. (Bot.) The pistil of a plant.
2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. “A pair of tablets [i.e., tablets]... and a pointel.” Chaucer.
3. (Arch.) See Poyntel.